Cho-Liang Lin & José Serebrier - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2001/2015) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Praised by Gramophone magazine as „an invigorating account of the Seasons“ when first released on Naxos CD 8.557920, Vivaldi’s universally popular Four Seasons, with their virtuoso part for solo violinist, depict the changing seasons in a pastoral landscape with dazzling variety. Vivaldi evokes not only the changing atmospheric conditions, but bird calls and animal cries, swaying grass, bubbling brooks, and even comical drunkards and a man walking on ice. Violinist Cho-Liang Lin, who has been compared with Gidon Kremer, Nigel Kennedy and Kyung-Wha Chung, and the virtuoso ensemble Sejong give ‘a durable and unmannered, yet bracing and continuously interesting version’ (Fanfare) of these immortal classics.

Tracklist:
1. The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 Spring: I. Allegro
2. The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 Spring: II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
3. The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 Spring: III. Danza pastorale: Allegro
4. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315, L'estate (Summer): I. Allegro non moto
5. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315, L'estate (Summer): II. Adagio - Presto
6. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315, L'estate (Summer): III. Presto
7. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, L'autunno (Autumn): I. Allegro
8. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, L'autunno (Autumn): II. Adagio molto
9. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293, L'autunno (Autumn): III. Allegro
10. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 Winter: I. Allegro non molto
11. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 Winter: II. Largo
12. The Four Seasons, Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 Winter: III. Allegro
13. Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 8, No. 5, RV 253, La tempesta di mare: I. Presto
14. Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 8, No. 5, RV 253, La tempesta di mare: II. Largo
15. Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 8, No. 5, RV 253, La tempesta di mare: III. Presto
16. Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 8, No. 6, RV 180, Il piacere: I. Allegro
17. Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 8, No. 6, RV 180, Il piacere: II. Largo e cantabile
18. Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 8, No. 6, RV 180, Il piacere: III. Allegro

Personnel:
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Anthony Newman, harpsichord, portatif organ Sejong

Recorded at the The Church of Holy Trinity, New York City, from 6th to 9th September, 2005
Engineered by Richard King
Produced by Steven Epstein

Digitally remastered